Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

'This is horrific': GitHub kills Copilot pull-request ads after user backlash

Developers were (understandably) furious with Copilot and other ads appearing in their pull requests – now GitHub has ...
WinBuzzer

GitHub Copilot Injected Ads Into 1.5 Million Pull Requests

GitHub Copilot has injected promotional messages into over 1.5 million pull requests, prompting GitHub to disable the feature ...

GitHub pulls Copilot "feature" after it added advertising to more than 11,000 pull requests

"Quickly spin up Copilot coding agents from anywhere on your macOS or Windows machine with Raycast," the note said, ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft says Copilot ad in GitHub pull request was a bug, not an advertisement

Microsoft has denied the GitHub Copilot ad reports and told Windows Latest that it does not plan to show ads on GitHub.
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User Discovers That GitHub Copilot Edited An Ad Into Their PR, Company Responds

A routine typo fix turned into a corporate trust crisis for GitHub this week, after a developer discovered that GitHub Copilot had ...

Advertisement or tip?: GitHub Copilot added product tips to pull requests

GitHub Copilot "helped" with pull requests by unsolicitedly providing tips on commercial products. GitHub has since disabled ...

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...